Harper’s Weekly – July 4, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 4, 1863

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Continued from July 4 (reply #5).

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General James B. McPherson, July 5, 1863 (“No enlistment of the negroes captured in Vicksburg will be allowed for the present. All the male negroes we want collected and organized into working parties for the purpose of policing the grounds around the city”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_70.html

Major-General Alfred Pleasonton to Major-General William H. French, July 5, 1863 – Received 11 a.m. (“Major-General Meade desires me to say that, in consequence of a large body of the enemy being concentrated in the road toward Hagerstown, beyond Fairfield, he has suspended his operations for the present.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-alfred-pleasonton-to.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Benjamin F. Kelley, July 5, 1863 – Received 10:30 p.m. (“There should be no rest, night or day. Why are you still at Clarksburg?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general_13.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Sunday, July 5, 1863 (The President thinking of going to Fortress Monroe to meet with V.P. Stephens.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-july-5.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General John Sedgwick, July 5, 1863 (“the movement of troops ordered toward Middletown has been suspended, to await further information from you.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_5.html

Major-General George G. Mead to Major-Generals Oliver Otis Howard and Henry W. Slocum, July 5, 1863 (“the movement ordered will be stopped where it is until further orders.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-mead-to-major.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, July 5, 1863 (“You must not be disappointed; I suppose there will come a time when the Regiment will have a chance.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_7.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: July 5, 1863 (“Major Bullin shot by a drunken soldier by the name of Scot, who was sent to New Orleans, tried by a court marshal and hung.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-july-5.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: Sunday, July 5, 1863 (Description of Hill’s Point, North Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-sunday.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, July 5, 1863 (“The rebels all left last night, it is thought, for Jackson, Mississippi, with the forces of Sherman and Ord in pursuit of them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-sunday.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, July 5, 1863 (On the retreat with Longstreet.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones, Sunday, July 5, 1863 (“This morning the wires refused to work, being cut, no doubt, in Hanover County.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-sunday.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 5, 1863 (“Left this morning at 5 o’clock. Only marched ten miles to-day. The enemy being in our rear, and skirmishing very strong.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-5-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #16
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #17
John G. Nicolay, #18
George Templeton Strong, #19
Grant memoirs, #20
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #21
Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #22
John Jackman, #23
Johnny Green, #24
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #25

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Continued from July 5 (reply #16).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, July 6, 1863 (“There was a special Cabinet-meeting at 9 A.M. on the subject of A. H. Stephens’s mission.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-july-6.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, July 6, 1863 (“I found I had continuously underestimated the force of the enemy both in men and Artillery.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-jesse.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General John Sedgwick, July 6, 1863 – 2 a.m. (“I shall not move the army from its present position until I am better satisfied the enemy are evacuating the Cumberland Valley.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major.html

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw, July 6, 1863 (“I want to get my men alongside of white troops, and into a good fight, if there is to be one.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/colonel-robert-gould-shaw-to-sarah.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, July 6, 1863 (“We had a good Fourth. Salutes from Simmonds and Austin. A good deal of drinking but no harm. We let all out of the guard-house.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 6, 1863 (“The Rebels found fighting in the enemy’s country a different thing from battling on their own ground.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_18.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 6, 1863 (“Reached Lebanon at 3 P. M. 20th Ky. 350, surrendered here to Morgan, but not till punishing him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_29.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, July 6, 1863 (“At 8.30 we halted for a couple of hours, and Generals Lee, Longstreet, Hill, and Willcox had a consultation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Monday, July 6, 1863 (“The Governor of Pennsylvania says it was “indecisive,” which means, as we read it, that Meade’s army was defeated.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-monday.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 6, 1863 (The 53rd North Carolina is in the rear guard on the retreat to the Potomac.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-6-1863.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire, Monday Morning, July 6, 1863 (Yankees at work in Virginia to disrupt Confederate communications.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-monday.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #27
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #28
Lincoln letter to Halleck, #29
George Templeton Strong, #30
John Jackman, #31
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #32

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Continued from June 24 (reply #19).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4162152/posts#19

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General William S. Rosecrans, July 7, 1863 (“You and your noble army now have the chance to give the finishing blow to the rebellion. Will you neglect the chance?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, July 7, 1863 (“I look upon Halleck as a pretty good scholarly critic of other men’s deeds and acts, but as incapable of originating or directing military operations.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-july-7.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General James B. McPherson, July 7, 1863 (“The negroes may be informed that they are free by any one who may choose to give the information, and, if they still wish to go, no force need be used to prevent.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_11.html

Major-General William S. Rosecrans to Edwin M. Stanton, July 7, 1863 (“the rebel army has been forced from its strong intrenched positions at Shelbyville and Tullahoma, and driven over the Cumberland Mountains.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-william-s-rosecrans-to_5.html

Major-General Henry Halleck to Major-General George G. Meade, July 7, 1863 – 3 p.m. (“It gives me great pleasure to inform you that you have been appointed a brigadier-general in the Regular Army, to rank from July 3, the date of your brilliant victory at Gettysburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-henry-halleck-to-major.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George G. Meade, July 7, 1863 (“Push forward, and fight Lee before he can cross the Potomac.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_34.html

Major-General John A. Dix to A. R. Admiral Samuel P. Lee, July 7, 1863 (“I have been under orders for several days to send to Washington all my force, except such as is absolutely necessary to defend Yorktown, Fort Monroe, and the new line of intrenchments near Norfolk.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/major-general-john-dix-to-r-admiral.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, July 7, 1863 (“we have scraps of news by telegraph and by messengers, and, as far as we can learn, Lee is in full retreat and Meade in hot pursuit”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_9.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: July 7, 1863 p.m. (“Heard the news of Vicksburg captured. Fired one hundred guns and had a good time.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_45.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 7, 1863 (“Morgan still 20 hours ahead of us. Out at 2 A. M. Passed through Fredericksburg. Forded Rolling Fork and through Bardstown.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_71.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: July 7, 1863 (“’Vicksburg had fallen.’ Helo: this was a bright beam of light let in through the dark clouds of our hopes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-july-7.html

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: July 7, 1863 (Corp. Day gets artillery training.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-sergeant-david-l-day-july-7.html

Diary of Charles H. Lynch: July 7, 1863 (“Near where General Reno fell, during the battle of Antietam.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-charles-h-lynch-july-7-1863.html

Lieutenant Francis H. Wigfall to Senator Louis T. Wigfall, July 7, 1863 (“We reached this place yesterday afternoon while a fight was going on for the possession of the ford, the enemy endeavoring to drive us from it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/lieutenant-francis-h-wigfall-to-senator_3.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: July 7, 1863 (“Sister’s sons [Mrs. Elizabeth R. Cocke’s] are with Longstreet, and her anxiety is intense, as that division, it is said, lost so heavily.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-july-7.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, July 7, 1863 (“Lawley introduced me to General Stuart in the streets of Hagerstown to-day. He is commonly called Jeb Stuart, on account of his initials”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_27.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Tuesday, July 7, 1863 (“Col. Custis Lee, from the President’s office, was in my office at half-past two P.M. to-day, and said nothing had been received from his father yet — but he did not deny that such accounts might be substantially true.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-tuesday.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: July 7, 1863 (Things appear unsettled in post-siege Vicksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg_28.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #34
Lincoln note and short address, #35
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #36
John Jackman, #37
Links to 18 items at Civil War Notebook, #38

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Continued from July 2 (reply #55).Seward’s speech foretelling Vicksburg as “the beginning of the end” was covered in the New York Herald on this date.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4163773/posts?q=1&;page=51#55

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals